I also just got an ASUS Xonar DG PCI sound card in a PC I bought. I may have to return it since the PC wasn't as advertised, but currently, I am enjoying this card. Much better than onboard audio which doesn't work at all thanks to me breaking my motherboard.

If you are only interested in gaming and music (listening) then an external Headphone/DAC/AMP is probably a better choice. If you are recording that's a different story and a quality sound card is recommended. It depends on what your budget is.

What is your setup? Do you use headphones, passive speakers, powered monitors?

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If you are only interested in gaming and music (listening) then an external Headphone/DAC/AMP is probably a better choice. If you are recording that's a different story and a quality sound card is recommended. It depends on what your budget is.

What is your setup? Do you use headphones, passive speakers, powered monitors?

There are a lot of options out there. I generally lean more towards external amps/dacs, because they are outside of my rig making the circuitry and power dependence separate. All they rely on is the digital signal from my PC and they do all the decoding and amplification.

https://www.schiit.com/products/fulla-1 - This will be more than sufficient to drive a headset. It has a Microphone input if your headset has a Mic. Satisfying volume control potentiometer. But its only purpose is to decode digital to analog and drive your headphones ( and it does it really well for the price).

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